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[tanksthetic]

So...I've been kidnapped. I guess we've all been kidnapped? From wherever we came from. That noisy guy mentioned different worlds or something? And someone else told me I was here before, just a couple months ago, but that I was about ten years younger. At least.

It doesn't make sense to me, like the "different worlds" bit wasn't confusing

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[heavyweaponsbot]

No.

[He is short and to the point. Sorry dude.]

[tanksthetic]

...Okay.

[What the heck, blunt much.]

Thanks anyway?

[heavyweaponsbot]

Your story sounds insane.

[Much.]

Hmnf.

[tanksthetic]

It does sound pretty crazy, but this Arbiter person, he...knows things. That he wouldn't know if he hadn't met me already. I haven't had a stutter in a decade and he knew about it--he seemed surprised I didn't still have it.

There has to be some basis.

[conquistasal]

Hey! I don't know what any of that means, 'cept that we're kind of from the same place! Though I ain't never heard of the stuff yer talkin' 'bout. But I'm from the US, too! And I know where Canada is! Never been there, though. I'm from Kansas!

[tanksthetic]

[North laughs a little. At least this guy sounds happy, that's nice.]

Never been to Kansas, but I've heard there's supposed to be a new PGSci plant opening in Topeka sometime in the sixties.

[The 2060's, mind you.]

[ttlyisabard]

North? I don't believe we were kidnapped. They say our worlds were destroyed ... that means we were rescued, I think. I don't know how you can be here from ten years later ... it's all confusing really. But being here is better than being dead I guess ...

[tanksthetic]

[There's a long moment of silence.]

Earth was destroyed?

[ttlyisabard]

That's what we've found out. I'm not from Earth, and others aren't from it either. People are even from different years ... it's all rather strange. I understand different places ... but times?

[tanksthetic]

[There's another long pause, then North lets out a sigh. He'll address the fact that he's talking to an alien later.]

How do we know our worlds have been destroyed?

[Even if they have, if time is twisted too then there's a chance that Coal and Talia and the rest could still turn out all right, isn't there? He's going to cling to that. Very, very tightly.]

[hadalotofsugar]

Kidnapped or going on an extremely stressful forced cruise. [Ever the light tone, but there's an edge to it. North's post sounds interesting, so he's replying.]

So you're basically a specialized assistant.

[Who is a catboy, but after Batou and Meth, King's not surprised.]

[tanksthetic]

"Assistant" would have been better. Assistants get some level of respect, in one way or another. To most, Pets are possessions, not people.

Technically I was engineered as an underglorified slave.

...I didn't take to it very well. Broke out when I was two, the company never caught me.

[My, is that a hint of pride in his tone?]

[hadalotofsugar]

[....An underglorified slave, a possession. Sounds like Danica's attitude towards him. Wow, King and North share a lot in common in their histories.]

Good for you, kid. [Is that a hint of pride in his towards North? Oho.]

[tanksthetic]

[Hee. North chuckles a little.]

Thanks.

Hey, what's your name?

[electronichound]

No. Most people on board do not have another person from their homeworld also on board. The specific details of your homeworld's political and social structures are unfamiliar to me.

[tanksthetic]

Maybe so, but apparently some people remember me. If they knew me, I guess they would know something about where I came from.

[electronichound]

Was it really you, though?

[tanksthetic]

A Pet named North with a stutter who apparently managed to survive on a cruise liner without having a panic attack from all the windows and passing out routinely.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one of those.